Glossary
| Best consideration |
the best deal |
| Budget and policy framework |
the council's overall budget and policies |
| Call in a decision |
have a decision sent to another body to be looked at again |
| Case tribunals |
tribunals to hear complaints that are about councillors and that have been referred by the Standards Board |
| Development control |
system for dealing with planning applications |
| Ethical standards officer |
a person the Standards Board appoints to investigate a complaint that a councillor has broken the councillors' code of conduct |
| General fund |
the fund for the council's finances in most areas (but not council housing finance) |
| Housing revenue account |
the fund for council housing finance |
| Local development framework |
a document that shows how land in the city can be used and that guides decisions on planning applications |
| Maladministration |
when a council is inefficient or unreasonable or does not follow its own procedures |
| Policy framework |
the council's overall policies |
| Political assistant |
officer who does political work for a political group on the council |
| Portfolio holder |
councillor who is a member of the board and who has special responsibilities |
| Proper officer |
officer given a responsibility that the law requires to be done by a specified post holder |
| Vires |
legal power to do something |
Page last reviewed 1 Jun 2007
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